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(a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root))

2. hybrid

(a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices")

3. hybrid, crossbreed, cross

((genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey")